[bksvol-discuss] Re: Braillenote died
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:04:30 -0800 (PST)
If it isn't being sold any more (don't you hate when
good things stop being made) what's taking its place?
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Well, I upsed it off today, and my counselor at the
> State said that they
> would do the transplant, at least I thik that is
> what she was saying, smile.
>
> As the Classic isn't being sold anymore, nor is it
> being upgraded. And as
> I have an open case.
>
> Well either way I get a working unit back.
>
> So will wait and see.
>
> Will probably take a couple of weeks, perhaps I will
> get it back before
> Christmas?
>
> That would be really nice.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
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>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:04 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Braillenote died
>
>
> At least, thank goodness, your Braillenote lasted
> through your advanced education. LIke a true friend,
> it didn't let you down. Did you say what you're
> going
> to replce it with? I guess I missed that.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I learned to type on a typewriter, course this was
> > 1985 and I was in
> > kindergarten.
> >
> > I will say one thing, to stick up for the "younger
> > generation" who "has it
> > so much easier",. the work load in most university
> > programs has increased
> > dramatically because of the advancement of
> > technology. Mos people I talk to
> > who went to school in the seventies and early
> > eighties, would talk of one or
> > two extensive research papers. In one university
> > program at Kutztown, you
> > have an extensive research paper in EVERY single
> > class.
> >
> > The beauty of technology I guess.
> >
> > Also textbooks were "useful" for more than one
> year.
> >
> > Smile.
> >
> > But I reckon it is like comparing Apples to
> Oranges,
> > smile.
> >
> > I still employed readers, scribes, a paper grader,
> > and still spent most of
> > my waking free time engaged in adapting materials
> so
> > I could participate on
> > a par with my classmates. So perhaps things don't
> > really change.
> >
> > But I do misss my Braillenote dearly. Is going to
> > be tough, but I know he
> > will be in good hands.
> >
> >
> > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> > and Judson, guiding golden
> > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> > Graduate Alumni Association Board
> > www.guidedogs.com
> >
> > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> > Carolyn Alexander
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <barbarab65@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:13 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Braillenote died
> >
> >
> > It is amazing how I got along without all these
> > computer or technical
> > equipment in the 70s. Now it is so much easier.
> > Interestingly, a friend said
> > to me
> > one time that his daughter never saw a typewriter.
> > Can you imagine that?
> > Someone else told me that she remembered when she
> > had to type her husband's
> > dissertation on a typewriter. Things have changed!
> >
> > Barbara
> >
> >
> >
> >
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